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Jeevdan, Training Centre
for the Mentally Challenged Children at Zarap is a unit of Sangli
Mission Society. Sangli Mission Society is
a Non Govermental Organization as well as a Registered
Charitable Society, registered under Mumbai public
trust act and Society registration act, in 1993 (No.F/3827,Sangli)
working for the integral development of the people
of Maharastra. Ever since its erection on in 1993,
it has made great contributions in the field of general
education, special education, health care, women empowerment,
childcare, protection and care of the aged, the sick
and the needy and rehabilitation of the physically
and intellectually disabled.
Sangli Mission is the name of
a Cathoilc Mission Region under the diocese of Kalyan
In Maharashtra, India. This autonomous Mission region
is established on May 1990 by the then bishop of Kalyan
Mar Paul Chittilappally and entrusted to the Missionary
Society of St Thomas the Apostle(MST). Latter
Sangli Mission was registred as an educational and
charitable trust in July 1993, and this trust is called
Sangli Mission Society and its head office is in Kolhapur,
Maharashtra.
.Sangli Mission Society is registered
with the ministry of home affais and has a FCRA number
to accept foreign contributions. It enjoys Income
Tax exception both under sections 12 A and 80 G of
Income Tax Act.
Sangli Mission is one of
the Three mission region of the Missionary Society
of St Thomas the Apostle. The Missionary Society of
St Thomas the Apostle (Popularly known as MST) is
a Catholic Missionary Institute and its head office
is at Melampara, Kottayam Dt, Kerala, India. The first
Bishop of palai, Mar Sebastian Vayalil founded the
society on 22nd Feburuary 1968. Now after 38 years,
MST has grown in to a Society of Apostolic Life of
Major Archiepiscopal Right. Today there are 284 priest
members in the society and 188 seminarians at various
stages of formation. Society members are engaged in
pastoral, missionary and various humanitarian activities
in diffrent parts of the world.
The Operational
Area
for the developmental
and welfare programmes of the Sangli Mission society is the
4 southern civil districts of Maharashtra state, namely
Sangli, Kolhapur, Ratnagiri
and Sindhudurg. We have more than 22 developmental
centres in these districts. Each centre carries
out the activities that are designed and planned after
the felt need of the respective areas.
There are about 19 million disabled people in India according
to the latest survey by The National Sample Survey
Organization carried out in July-December 2002. The population
of the mentally disabled comprising mental
retardation, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilities is estimated
at 17 percent of the disabled population and
0.32percent of the total population. (Times of India, mumbai,
Tuesday, April, 27,2004)
As there were requests from people to open centres for helping
the mentally challenged, Sangli Mission Society
has launched different activities for the welfare of the mentally
challenged persons in the Jubilee year 2000. After
carefully studying the socio-political and cultural scenario
of these four districts, the society was in favour
of starting
training and rehabilitation centres for the mentally challenged
children. Jeevdan special school is one of them.
Objectives
of
Sangli Mission Society.
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To establish and administer educational institutions to provide
quality general education.
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To establish and run special schools to provide special education
to children with disabilities.
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To integrate disabled children in the general education system
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To work out Community Based Rehabilitation of persons with disabilities
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To provide vocational Training to women, youth and persons with
disabilities.
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To form and monitor Self Help Groups for the empowerment of women
and youth
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To organize Mahila Mandals (Women’s organizations) andWomen
empowerment Programs
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To Provide referral service to persons with disabilities and to
secure Aids and Appliances for them.
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To start Self Employment Programs especially for the disabled
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To provide awareness on prevention of HIV/AIDS and to arrange
for rehabilitation and care of terminally ill.
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To care and protect the aged.
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To provide healthcare services especially to the urban masses.
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To provide psychiatric assistance and facility for half- way homes
for persons with mental illness.
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To work for adult education and non formal education
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To organize youth empowerment programs
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To provide family counseling and child guidance services
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To promote sustainable agriculture through organic farming and
eco-friendly agro-based innovations
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